But when she got there, Madison was told she couldn’t sell at the market without a permit. The Portland Saturday Market rents out space from the Portland Parks Bureau. Under the city’s code, “no person shall solicit for or conduct any business in a park,” unless they have a permit, lease or concession agreement. Applying for a vending booth at the market requires paying fees and passing “multiple jury reviews,” before someone can properly sell there.

“I wouldn’t think I’d have any problems because people are asking for money, people are selling stuff, this is a public place …There were people just next to me that have big signs saying ‘Got Pot?’ They’re raising money for pot.”